One pan is all you need for a heaping pile of nutritious, tender and colorful roasted root vegetables.
What Are Root Vegetables?
Root vegetables are edible plants that grow underground.
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While they all grow underground, each one has a distinct nutritional profile.
Several root vegetables made ourlist of veggies to eat every week, emphasizing their nutritional contributions.
Are Root Vegetables Good for You?
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Yes, there are numerous health benefits to eating root vegetables.
Eating more vegetables is one of the simplest and most effective things you might do to eat healthier.
Our recipe for sheet pan roasted root veggies includescarrots, parsnips,beets, red onion, andsweet potato.
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Should You Soak or Boil Root Vegetables Before Roasting Them?
You don’t need to soak or boil root vegetables before roasting them.
Boiling dilutes the flavor and can leach nutrients from the vegetables into the liquid.
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Boiling will also give the vegetables a mushy, waterlogged texture.
Thebest technique for roasting vegetablesis to roast them at higher temperatures so that the natural sugars caramelize.
The resulting veggies are browned and crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.
For extra-crispy roasted vegetables,add some cornstarch.
Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper.
Cut 2 carrots and 2 parsnips into 1/2-inch-thick slices on a diagonal, then cut into half moons.
Cut 2 beets and 1 onion into 1/2-inch-thick wedges.
Cut 1 sweet potato into 3/4-inch cubes.
You should have about 12 cups raw vegetables.
Divide between the prepared baking sheets, spreading into a single layer.
- Daily Values (DVs) are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume each day.
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